THE ART OF HERCULES

The Disney studio returns to form with its take on that ancient superhero, Hercules. No Quasimodo (hero of last year's tepidly recei ved Hunchback of Notre Dame), the Greek demigod is in the Disney mold: young, good lookin', a bit naive. Furthermore, his mythic sto ry provides fantasy elements like those in Disney's most memorable films. Like the book tie-ins to other recent Disney animated feat ures, this handsome coffee-tabler traces the new film's history and production with hundreds of color and black-and-white illustrati ons and ...[Read more]